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THE DESCENDANTS OF THOMAS ELWELL 
OF Westhampton, Massachusetts. 



Thomas ^ Elwell of Westhampton, son of Thomas * 

of Hardwick, was born about 1752. The earhest known 

records concerning him are in the Judd manuscripts, and 

the statements therein made are the following: 

Thomas Elwell mar Mary French Oct 24, 1775. 

Thomas Elwell built the house where Phins Bartlett about 1775 — he 
sold it Benj. French. 

Son Amariah bap Dec. i. 1776 at S. H. 

And in a list of Westhampton citizens in 1773, Thomas 
Elwell is not named; in one for 1776, he is recorded for 
I poll, I house, 6 acres land. 

Mr. Elwell was a prosperous farmer; he served in the 
Revolution and in suppressing Shays' Rebellion ; and he 
resided in Westhampton from 1775 until his death. 

Mary French, daughter of Ebenezer and Rachel (Car- 
penter) French, was born in Southampton about 1754. 
Her father was born in Northampton, Feb. 10, 1731, and 
died March 4, 1807; he was the second settler in West- 
hampton, having removed there about 1762. Her grand- 
father Ebenezer, son of Jonathan and Sarah ( — ) French, 



was born Nov. 1705, married Mary Edwards, Oct. 25, 1727. 
removed from Northampton to Southampton about 1733. 
was one of the founders of the church there, June 8, 1743, 
and died early in 1776. 

Mr. Elwell and his wife are buried in the Westhampton 
cemetery, and their headstones bear these inscriptions : 

In I memory of \ THOMAS ELWELL, | who died \ June /, /5oj, | 
^.51- 

In I memory of \ MARY | rvife of \ THOMAS ELWELL, \ who 
died I Jan. 11, 1832, \ AL. 77. 

The "Hampshire Gazette" of June 15, 1803 and of Jan. 

25, 1832 respectively, had these obituary notices: 

At Westampton the ist inst. Mr. Thomas Elwell, ^t. 50. 

In Westhampton, Jan. 13, Widow Mary Elwell, aged 77, relict of Mr. 
Thomas Elwell. She was a daughter of Ebenezer French, one of the 
first settlers of Westhampton. 

Her ancestors settled on South street in Northampton about 140 
years ago. One of them built the house in which Charles Starkweather 
now lives about 1715 ; and the tradition is that this was the first house 
in the town that had windows like those of the present day. Previous 
to this all the windows had what is called diamond glass set in lead 
sashes. 

Their children: 

1 Amariah,^ born Oct. 1, 1776. 2 

2 LucY,^ born 1778. 3 

3 Nancy,^ born about 1785. 4 

4 Sarah,^ born Dec. 23, 1788. 5 

5 Anna,'' born 1793. 6 



2 Amariah^ Elwell married [publ. Oct. 25, 1800] 
Cynthia Fairman of Norwich, born Mar. 5, 1777, and died 
Mar. 5, 1857. He died Aug. 3, 1859. Their children: 

1 Jesse/ born March 17, 1802. 7 

2 Thomas/ born Sept. 13, 1803. 8 

3 Susannah,' born Feb. 7, 1806. 9 

4 Edmund, 7 born Sept. 23, 1808. 10 

3 LucY^ Elwell married (i) on June 2, 1819, Stephen 
Clapp of Southampton; and (2) in 1833, Uriah Park of 
Norwich, born about 1765, and died at West Farms, Oct. 
22, 1849. She died Aug. 24, 1840. Her child: 

1 Ansel Dwight' Clapp. 11 

4 Nancy ^ Elwell married [publ. Jan. 10, 1807] Eph- 
raim Hastings, born at Bennington, Vt. in 1785, and died 
at W. Dec. 21, 1829. She died Jan. 28, 1833, aged about 
48. Her children: 

1 Harriet' Hastings, born about 1808; died about 1830. 

2 Horace' Hastings, born about 1809. 12 

3 Selina' Hastings died May 17, 1832, aged 21. 

4 Alcina' Hastings died Oct. 5, 1830, aged 17. 

5 Thomas' Hastings, born about 1817; died 1832. 

6 Lucy Ann' Hastings, born Feb. 8, 1820. 13 

7 Nancy' Hastings, born about 1823, 14 

8 Alcimena' Hastings, born Jan. 4, 1826. 15 



5 Sarah ^ Elwell married on Jan. 31, 1815, Horatio 
Strong of Norwich, born at Southampton, Mar. 19, 17S5, 
and died at Hatfield, Aug. 5, 1S57. She died at Hatfield, 
Aug. 13, 1874. Her children: 

1 Parmenas Lysander^ Strong, born Nov. 12, 1815. 16 

2 Amariah Elv/ell^ Strong, born June 11, 1818. 17 

3 Horatio ^ Strong, born June 9, 1820; died at Easthamp- 
ton, Nov. 10, 1892. 

4 Sarah Ann ''Strong, born Dec. 12, 1823. 18 

5 Roena Maria ^ Strong, born Apr. 14, 1826. 19 

6 Anna ^Elwell married Oct. 1816, Spencer Bridg- 
man of Westhampton, born March 25, 1792, and died 
Feb. 13, 1872. She died Dec. 4, 1817, aged 24. Her child: 

1 Edward^ Bridgman, born Aug. 12, 1817. 20 

7 Jesse ^ Elwell married (i) Dec. 28, 1826, Elizabeth 
Stiles Norton, born Jan. 6, 1803, and died Apr. 4, 1834; 
{2) Oct. 7, 1834, Mrs. Rebecca (Shaw) Hastings, born at 
Chesterfield, Dec. 8, 1806, and died Jan. 7, 1848; (3) Feb. 
21, 1849, Minerva F. Parker, born at Chesterfield, Sept. 
1813, and died Sept. 10, 1850; and (4) Dec. 29, 1850, Mrs. 
Tamesin Ruth (Chapman) Randolph, born at Southamp- 
ton, July I, 1805, and died there, May 4, 1897. He died at 
Sannemin, 111. Mar. 4, 1881. His children: 

1 Angeline Kingsley,^ born Nov. 4, 1827. 21 

2 Philetus Stiles,^ born Apr. 12, 1829. 22 



3 Elizabeth,^ born Jan. 31, 1831. 23 

4 Newton,^ born Aug. 4, 1835; died June 9, 1838. 

5 Nancy Maria,^ born Mar. 21, 1837; died Dec. 30, 1857. 

6 Newton Franklin,^ born Nov. 17, 1838. 24 

7 Eliza Jane,^ born Jan. 8, 1841 ; died Sept. 12, 1842. 

8 Emma Jane,^ born Aug. 7, 1843. 25 

9 Jesse Munroe,^ born Sept. 7, 1845. 26 

8 Thomas^ Elwell married Jan. 8, 1829, Peninnah 
Lyman, born at Norwich, Nov. 2, 1804, and died June 3, 
18S9. He died July 25, 1887. Their children: 

1 Harriet Christina,^ born Mar. 30, 1830. 27 

2 Elvira Augusta,^ born June 6, 1832. 28 

3 Esther Lyman, ^ born Oct. 17, 1833. 29 

4 Laura Aurelia,^ born Mar. 19, 1837. 30 

5 Susan Marion,^ born June 29, 1840. 31 

6 Amelia Melissa,^ born Sept. 14, 1842. 

7 Anson Dwight,^ born Oct. 10, and died Oct. 26, 1844. 

8 Dexter Lyman, ^ born Apr. 23, 1846; died Dec. 10, 1869. 

9 Mary Ellen,^ born Oct. 21, 1849; died Mar. 13, 1850. 

9 Susannah' Elwell married Dec. 29, 1827, Zenas 
Kingsley of W. born Feb. 19, 1805, and died at So. Co- 
lumbia, N. H. Oct 25, 1881. She died at Northampton, 
Feb. 14, 1850. Her children: 

1 Susan Melissa^ Kingsley, born Oct. 3, 1828. 32 

2 Edward Webster^ Kingsley, born July 21, 1831. 33 



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3 Joseph Hinckley^ Kingsley, born Dec. 27, 1832. 34 

4 Cynthia Strong^ Kingsley, born Mar. 1, 1835. 35 

5 Zenas Mahlon^ Kingsley, born Nov. 25, 1836. In the 
civil war he served in co. a, 27th Mass. regt. infantry and 
died of typhoid fever at Newbern, N. C. Mar. 15, 1862. 

6 Nelson Howard* Kingsley, born Jan. 5, 1839. 36 

7 Ellen Victoria* Kingsley, born May 16, 1840. 37 

8 Justus Holland* Kingsley, born Dec. 30, 1842. 

9 Fidelia Maria* Kingsley, born Oct. 18, 1845. 

10 Edmund' Elwell married (i) Feb. 15, 1837, Mar- 
tha Louisa Wolcott of Southampton, born about 18 10, 
and died Jan. 5, 1838; (2) at SufReld, Ct. May 12, 1840, 
Mrs. Ann Maria (Morey) Pomeroy, born at W. Apr. 3, 
1817, and died at Easthampton, Feb. 7, 1882. He died 
Feb. 10, 1873. His children: 

1 Infant son* born Dec. 31, 1837; died Jan. 9, 1838. 

2 Martha Maria,* born Feb. 12, 1841 ; died Mar. 10, 1842. 

3 Myron Lawrence,* born Sept. 20, 1842. 38 

4 Amariah,* born July 10, 1844. 39 

5 Theodore Pomeroy,* born Jan. 19, 1846. 40 

6 Martha Louisa,* born Jan. 20, 1848; died Mar. 5, 1873. 

11 Ansel Dwight' Clapp married Tryphena Corde- 
lia Thompson of Monterey. Their child : 

1 Lewis Adrian * Clapp, born in 1852; died Nov. 8, 1873. 



12 Horace 7 Hastings married Apr. 22, 1830, Rebec- 
ca Shaw of Chesterfield [see also 7]. He died May i, 
1 83 1. Their child: 

1 Infant,^ born and died about 1831. 

13 Lucy Ann' Hastings married Nov. 19, 1846, Mer- 
rick Hunt Clapp of Northampton, born Oct. 2, 1822, and 
died July 12, 1892. She died at East Berlin, Ct. Aug. 23, 
1897. Her children: 

1 Henry Watson ^ Clapp, born Nov. 19, 1846. 41 

2 Albert Francis^ Clapp, born June 12, 1848; died Aug. 
12, 1849. 

3 Albert Munroe^ Clapp, born Jan. 21, 1850. 42 

4 Ella Maria ^ Clapp, born Nov. 12, 1851. 

5 Lucy Ellen ^ Clapp, born Sept. 20, 1853. 43 

6 Clara Evelyn^ Clapp, born May 31, 1855. 44 

14 Nancy 7 Hastings married Hubbard Webster. 
They both died at Waterbury, Ct. in 1891. Her child: 

1 Frank ^ Eugene Webster. 45 

15 Alcimena' Hastings married at Greenfield, Dec. 
12, 1850, Abner Brown Clapp, born at Northampton, Apr. 
12, 1825. They reside at Pawpaw, Lee Co. lUinois. 

16 Parmenas Lysander' Strong married Sept. 16, 
1840, Miranda Frary of Hatfield, born at Whately, Dec. 



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14, i8i3, and died Feb. 9, 1890. He died at Hatfield, Jan. 
24, 1901. Their children: 

1 Alvin Lyman ^ Strong, born Apr. 30, 1843. 46 

2 John Marshall^ Strong, born May 24, 1848. 47 

3 Sarah Jane^ Strong, born Oct. 28, 1851. 48 

4 Harriet Maria ^ Strong, born May 23, 1858. 

17 Amariah Elwell' Strong married at Mason- 
ville, N. Y. Sept. 9, 1840, Lucy Stebbins of Hatfield, born 
at Granby, May 7, 1816, and died at Lowell, May 28, 1891. 
He died at Hatfield, Oct. 22, 1884. Their children: 

1 DwiGHT Stebbins^ Strong, born Aug. 31, 1842. 49 

2 Infant son,^ born Feb. 22, and died Feb. 23, 1845. 

3 George Eckerson^ Strong, born Oct. 20, 1847. 50 

4 Emily Ceressa^ Strong, born May 11, 1849; died Mar. 
30, 1860. 

5 Erastus Seymour* Strong, born Dec. 23, 1850. 51 

6 Lucy Ann ^ Strong, born Apr. 7, 1853. 52 

18 Sarah Ann' Strong married Jan. 4, 1844, Eben- 
ezer Dwight of Hatfield, born June 20, 1820, and died July 
2, 1884. She died at Springfield, June 5, 1897. Her chil- 
dren: 

1 Mariette Jane* Dwight, born Apr. 13, 1849. 

2 Annie Maria* Dwight, born Feb. 3, 1855. 53 

3 LiLLA Bell* Dwight, b. Oct. 12, 1864; d. Jan. 22, 1870. 



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19 RoENA Maria' Strong married (i) at So. Deer- 
field, Dec. i6, 1846, Edward Phelps Billings of Hatfield, 
born 1823, and died Nov. 6, 1848; (2) at Brattleboro, Vt. 
May 28, 1850, Osborn Wales Cleaveland of Williamsburg, 
born May 20, 18 17, and died at Oxford, Ohio, Dec. 26, 
1866. Her children: 

1 Edward Warner^ Cleaveland, born Jan. 23, 1851, 54 

2 Waldo Strong^ Cleaveland, born Oct. 7, 1853. 55 

3 Harry Osborn ^ Cleaveland, born July 30, 1861; died 
at De Land, Fl. June 26, 1882. 

4 Charles Elmer ^ Cleaveland, born Apr. 14, 1865. 

20 Edward' Bridgman married Jan. 14, 1840, Sarah 
Caroline Sherman of Worthington, born at Rhinebeck, 
N. Y. Feb. 12, 1819, and died June 17, 1902. In the civil 
war he served as Lieut, co. G, 37th Mass. regt. infantry, 
and later as Quartermaster with rank of Capt. He died 
in Northampton, Jan. 19, 1892. Their children: 

1 Ellen Augusta® Bridgman, born May 18, 1842. 56 

2 Sarah Josephine® Bridgman, born Jan. 18, 1844. 57 

3 Edward Jerome® Bridgman, born Oct. 7. 1845; killed in 
a railroad accident at Southampton, Nov. 3, 1860. 

4 AcHSAH Sherman® Bridgman, born Aug. 19, 1849. 58 

5 Julia Elizabeth® Bridgman, born May 28, 1852. 59 

21 Angeline Kingsley® Elwell married Dec. 11, 
1849, Walter Perkins Clark, born Dec. 9, 1822, and died 



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May 26, 1859. Her children: 

1 Eliza Sibylla^ Clark, born Dec. 27, 1854. 60 

2 Sarah Ann^ Clark, born July 7, 1859. 

22 Philetus Stiles^ Elwell married Apr. 26, 1866, 
Jane Maria Dwight of Hatfield, bom May 3, 1829. He 
died at Hatfield Aug. 9, 1896. 

23 Elizabeth^ Elwell married Nov. i, 1854, Luman 
French Clark, born Jan. 21, 1829. She died May 19, 1857. 

24 Newton Franklin^ Elwell married Feb. 22, 
1875, Martha Enslow. He died Jan. 18, 1892. 

25 Emma Jane^ Elwell married (i) at Beatrice, Neb. 
Sept. I, 1864, Winfield Scott Roper, born in Ohio, Oct. 
15, 1841, and died at Winnebago City, Minn. Sept. 10, 
1869; {2) at Pontiac, 111. May 15, 1870, James Samuel 
Perry, born at Middletown, Vt. Dec. 22, 1819, and died at 
Girard, Kans. Sept. 6, 1899. Her children: 

1 Edwin V/intkrop^ Roper, born June 3, 1865. 61 

2 Ida May^ Perry, born Feb. 28, and died June 15, 1873. 

3 Daisy Lura^ Perry, born Mar. 28, 1874. 

4 Lilly May^ Perry, b. Apr. 28, 1878; d. June 1, 1879. 

5 Minnie^ Perry, born May 19, and died June 13, 1882. 

26 Jesse Munroe^ Elwell married at Pontiac, 111. 
Aug. 12, 1869, Ellen Agnes Gates, born at Ottumwa, la. 



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July 17, 1853. Their children: 

1 Rachel' Elwell, born Nov. 26, 1870. 62 

2 Chetwynde' Elwell, born Oct. 4, 1874. 63 

3 Franklin' Elwell, born Aug. 21, 1879. 

4 Brooks' Elwell, born Jan. 21, 1888. 

27 Harriet Christina' Elwell married Sept. 13, 
1854, Hezekiah Goodwin Fish of Bloomfield, Ct. born 
June I, 1828. Her children: 

1 Charles Goodwin' Fish, born June 4, 1856; died Aug. 
23, 1887. 

2 Walter Carey' Fish, b. Jan. 21, 1861 ; d. Feb. 3, 1889. 

3 Freddie Lathrop' Fish, b. May 22, and d. Sept. 21, 1868. 

4 Eddie Lyman' Fish, b. May 22, 1868; d. Aug. 22, 1870. 

28 Elvira Augusta* Elwell married Oct. 29, 1861, 
Elihu Marsh of Hatfield, born at No. Hadley, 182 1, and 
died Jan. 17, 1891. She died Dec. 15, 1865. 

29 Esther Lyman* Elwell married at Hamburg, 
Germany, Nov. 6, 1870, Henry Bull, born Dec. 27, 1822. 
Her children: 

1 Mara Edith' Bull, born June 28, 1872. 

2 Claude Elwell' Bull, b. Apr. 6, 1876; d. June 30, 1881. 

30 Laura Aurelia* Elwell married Apr. 13, 1859, 
Albert Colburn Warren of Berlin, Ct. bom at Williman- 



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tic, Ct. Jan. 23, 1833. She died Apr. 17, 1902. Her children: 

1 Charles Albert^ Warren, born Feb. 13, 1860. 

2 LouviE Maria^ Warren, born Oct. 4, 1861. 

31 Susan Marion^ Elwell married at Florence, 
Mar. 24, 1863, Edward Harvey Barnard, born at Shel- 
burne Falls, Sept. 27, 1838, and died July 19, 1900. Her 
child: 

1 Wilbur Edward' Barnard, born Feb. 23, 1865. 64 

32 Susan Melissa^ Kingsley married Nov. 28, 1849, 
Henry Moore Parsons, born Sept. 14, 1827. They cele- 
brated their golden wedding Nov. 28, 1899. Her children: 

1 William Henry' Parsons, born June 24, 1855; died 
May 7, 1857. 

2 Susan Ella' Parsons, born Jan. 19, 1859. 65 

3 Carrie Webster' Parsons, born Oct. 4, 1862; died Feb. 
10, 1864. 

4 Mahlon Kingsley' Parsons, born Mar. 29, 1864. 66 

5 Edna Hall' Parsons, born Feb. 23, 1869. 67 

6 Lillian Grant' Parsons, born Apr. 23, 1870. Graduate 
of Mount Holyoke college, 1891. 

33 Edward Webster^ Kingsley married Oct. 15, 
1867, Mary Ette Chapman, born May 15, 1833. Their 
child: 

1 Edward Anson' Kingsley, born Mar. 23, 1873. Gradu- 



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ate of Northampton high school, 1896 ; of Boston conserva- 
tory of music, 1902. 

34 Joseph Hinxkley^ Kingsley married June 19, 
1862, Elmina Norton, born at Rochester, N. Y. Feb. 5, 
1839, and died at Southampton, May 12, 1898. Their 
children : 

1 Horace Norton 9 Kingsley, born June 25, 1863; died 
July 27, 1864. 

2 Nelly Howard ' Kingsley, born Sept. 7, 1864. 68 

3 DwiGHT Hinckley^ Kingsley, born Mar. 24, 1866. 69 

4 Edith Marian^ Kingsley, born May 19, 1870. 

5 Arthur Zenas^ Kingsley, born Oct. 6, 1875. 70 

6 Delia Elmina^ Kingsley, born Mar. 15, 1879. Graduate 
of Easthampton high school, 1898; of Westfield normal, 1901. 

7 Georgia Evelyn ' Kingsley, born May 4, 1883. Graduate 
of Easthampton high school, 1901. 

35 Cynthia Strong® Kingsley married at So. Co- 
lumbia, N. H. Dec. I, 1870, Charles Clark of W. She 
died Jan. 13, 1887. 

36 Nelson Howard® Kingsley married Oct. 8, 1868, 
Elizabeth Jane Pomeroy, born at Southampton, Dec. 24, 
1845. In the civil war he served in co. A, 27th Mass. regt. 
infantry. 

37 Ellen Victoria® Kingsley married Nov. 7, 1872, 



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Enoch Perkins, born at Topsham, Me. Feb. 21, 1820, and 
died at Guildhall, Vt. Apr. 9, 1890. Her children: 

1 Mabel Kingsley^ Perkins, born Jan. 9, 1874. Graduate 
of Northampton high school, 1895; of Smith college, 1900. 

2 Georgia Howland^ Perkins, born Mar. 14, 1875. 

3 Enoch ^ Perkins jr. born Nov. 27, 1876. Graduate of 
Northampton high school, 1896. 

4 Alfred Sewell^ Perkins, born Dec. 6, 1879; died July 
13, 1880. 

38 Myron Lawrence^ Elwell married at Hatfield, 
June 15, 1865, Kate Maria Wallace, born at Hartford, Ct. 
June 15, 1845. Their children: 

1 Rose May' Elwell, b. Nov. 30, 1868; d. July 29, 1872. 

2 Lillian Kate' Elwell, born Oct. 28, 1870. 71 

3 Edmund Wallace' Elwell, born Apr. 24, 1873. 72 

4 Nina Louisa' Elwell, b. Nov. 29, 1875; d. Sept. 7, 1878. 

5 Anna Henrietta' Elwell, born Apr. 26, 1877. 

6 Emerson Dwight' Elwell, born Dec. 22, 1879. 

7 James Myron' Elwell, born Aug. 18, 1882. 

8 Chester Amariah' Elwell, born Aug. 19, 1887. 

39 Amariah^ Elwell married Nov. 26, 1868, Sarah 
Edwards Parsons, born Aug. 31, 1850. Their children: 

1 Edward Aaron ' Elwell, born Sept. 17, 1870. 

2 Clinton Clark' Elwell, born Feb. 12, 1872. 73 



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40 Theodore Pomeroy^ Elwell married (i) Mar. 
25, 1873, Anna Eliza Jessimine, born in Germany, Nov. 
30, 1846, and died Apr. 6, 1875; (2) at Florence, Oct. 12, 
1 88 1, Martha Adelaide Merritt, born at Conway, Sept. i, 
1852, and died Feb. 22, 1901. His children: 

1 Frederick Theodore' Elwell, born Dec. 29, 1873. 74 

2 Adelbert Ambrose' Elwell, born Jan. 28, 1886. 

41 Henry Watson^ Clapp married at Easthampton, 
Dee. 3, 1873, Nancie Elizabeth Place, born Feb. 18, 1852. 

42 Albert Munroe^ Clapp married Jan. 26, 1876, 
Mrs. Mirancy Ophelia (Paige) Coleman, bom at North 
Hadley, July 11, 1847, and died June 28, 1879. He died 
Aug. 26, 1878. Their child: 

1 Harry Albert 9 Clapp, b. Aug. 19, 1876; d. June 22, 1877. 

43 Lucy Ellen ^ Clapp married Apr. 23, 1884, Rob- 
ert Henry Cobine, born at Otego, N. Y. May 27, 185 1, and 
died at Springfield, Dec. 3, 1885. 

44 Clara Evelyn^ Clapp married June 24, 1879, 
Morris Everett Westcott of Poquonnock, Ct. born at 
Farmington, Ct. Nov. 8, 1851. 

45 Frank Eugene^ Webster was born at Lee, Aug, 
28, 1852; married Alice Hubbard, born at Parkville, Ct. 
Dec. 23, 1862. Their child: 

1 Edith Elmwood^ Webster, born Aug. 23, 1883. 75 



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46 Alvin Lyman ^ Strong married Nov. i, 1866, An- 
na Betsey Searle of Huntington, born Sept. 21, 1843. In 
the civil war he served in co. k, 52d Mass. regt. infantry. 
His children: 

1 Gertrude Alice' Strong, born Aug. 26, 1867. 76 

2 Edson Winthrop' Strong, born Dec. 5, 1869. 77 

3 Eugene Searle' Strong, born Sept. 10, 1873. 78 

4 Mabel Maria' Strong, born Aug. 9, 1877. 

47 John Marshall^ Strong married (i) at Spring- 
field, Jan. 5, 1876, Olive Maria Bardwell, born at Whately, 
Nov. 15, 1852, and died Sept. 30, 1878; (2) at Conway, 
Oct. 26, 1881, Mrs. Eliza Adelade (Cleaveland) Hovey of 
Ashfield, born at Edgartown, June 26, 1856. His children: 

1 Edith Estelle' Strong, born Aug. 8, 1876; died Dec. 
14, 1892. 

2 Howard Ashley' Strong, born Dec. 27, 1882. Gradu- 
ate of Smith academy, 1901. 

3 Arthur Holmes' Strong, born Nov. 26, 1886. 

4 Merrill Cleaveland' Strong, born July 27, 1891. 

48 Sarah Jane^ Strong married Dec. 28, 1881, 
George Emerson Searle of Northampton, born at Hunt- 
ington, June 9, 1852. Her children: 

1 Bertha Marion' Searle, born Feb. 12, 1883; died Sept. 
22, 1889. 

2 Ethel Beulah' Searle, born Mar. 31, 1889. 



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49 DwiGHT Stebbins^ Strong married Nov. 6, 1867, 
Lucy Almira Lombard, born at Colerain, June 25, 1846. 
In the civil war he served in co. a, 27th Mass. regt. in- 
fantry. His children: 

1 Minnie Maria' Strong, born Aug. 21, 1869. 79 

2 Walter Russell' Strong, born Apr. 4, 1880. 

3 Arthur Lombard' Strong, born Oct. 12, 1883. 

50 George Eckerson^ Strong married at Southamp- 
ton, Nov. 23, 1870, Cora Aha Norton, born at Rochester, 
N. Y. Oct. II, 1846. He died at So. Royalston, Oct. 18, 
1887. His children: 

1 Marion Evelyn' Strong, born Aug. 13, 1871. 

2 Effie Josephine' Strong, born May 7, 1874, 80 

51 Erastus Seymour^ Strong married Dec. 23, 1875, 
Nellie Ardell Moore, born Oct. 7, 1857. He died Apr. 24, 
1902. Their child: 

1 Murray Levi' Strong, born Nov. 9, 1876. 

52 Lucy Ann^ Strong married May 24, 1877, Edmund 
Burke Crafts of Whately, born June 22, 1854. She died 
at W. Oct. 18, 1886. Her child: 

1 Clifford Louis' Crafts, born Dec. 14, 1881. 

53 Annie Maria* Dwight married (i) Oct. 28, 1874, 
Lyman Gates Draper of Belchertown, bom Sept. 6, 1844, 



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and died at Hatfield, Sept. 19, 1877; (2) Aug. 6, 1884, 
Charles Dearborn Davis of Compton, P. Q. born Nov. 9, 
1857. Her children: 

1 Robert Dwight^ Draper, born Sept. 7, 1875. 

2 Lena May^ Draper, born Feb. 26, 1877. 81 

3 Raymond Eugene' Davis, born Feb. 6, 1885. 

4 Marion Louise' Davis, born Feb. 28, 1889. 

5 Harold Leroy' Davis, born Aug. 4, 1891. 

6 Elmer Howard' Davis, born Dec. 15, 1896. 

54 Edward Warner^ Cleaveland married (i) at 
Oxford, Ohio, Oct. i, 187 1, Clara Miller, born at Symmes' 
Corner, Ohio, and died Oct. 1879; (2) at College Corner, 
Ohio, Oct. 20, 1881, Alice Rebecca Stewart, born at Six- 
teen Mile Stand, Ohio. His children: 

1 WiNFiELD Miller' Cleaveland, born July 7, 1872. 82 

2 Arthur Waldo' Cleaveland, born Oct. 15, 1874. 83 

3 Hattie Lucele' Cleaveland, born Dec. 9, 1877. 84 

55 Waldo Strong^ Cleaveland married at Lake 
City, Fl. Oct. 21, 1879, Mary Tinnie Hines, born at Val- 
dosta, Ga. June 27, 1857. He died Aug. 24, 1896. Child: 

1 Lily May' Cleaveland, born Dec. 22, 1886. 

56 Ellen Augusta^ Bridgman married May 10, 1864, 
William J. Denver of Springfield, born Aug. 18, 1841. 
Her children: 



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1 Alice Van Etten 9 Denver, born July 31, 1875; died 
Dec. 7, 1879. 

2 Julia Henrietta^ Denver, born June 27, 1881. 

57 Sarah Josephine^ Bridgman married Feb. ' 19, 
1863, Horace Augustus Perry of Westminster, Vt. born 
at Bethel, Vt. Feb. 15, 1840. Her children: 

1 Carrie Augusta' Perry, born Dec. 9, 1863. 85 

2 Fred Jerome' Perry, born Apr. 8, 1872. 86 

58 AcHSAH Sherman* Bridgman married Aug. 16, 
1870, David Derrick Gardner. Her child: 

1 Howard Van Etten' Gardner, born Oct. 2, 1873; died 
June 16, 1878. 

59 Julia Elizabeth^ Bridgman married July 10, 
1879, Lucius Strong Davis of Northampton, born Nov. 
22, 1852. Her child: 

1 Ruth Strong' Davis, born Feb. 6, 1882. 

60 Eliza Sibylla' Clark married at West Farms, 
Dec. 29, 1873, Frederick Augustus Stockwell, born there 
Mar. 20, 1848. She died June 14, 1884. Her children: 

1 Clifford Hays" Stockwell, born June 13, 1876. 

2 WiNTHROP Alston '° Stockwell, born May 12, 1878. 

3 Infant son,'° born May 24, and died May 30, 1879. 

4 Percy Wilmer'° Stockwell, born Apr. 27, 1881. 



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61 Edwin Winthrop' Roper married at Liberty, Ks. 
Nov. 7, i886, Hattie Isabel Salisbury, born at Chicago, 
111. Feb. II, i860. Their children: 

1 Clyde Lea '° Roper, born Aug. 12, 1887. 

2 RuBA Fay'° Roper, born Sept. 12, 1892. 

62 Rachel 9 Elwell married at Kankakee, 111. Nov. 
23, 1892, Randall Peterson, born at Norton, 111. Apr. 25, 
1870. Her child: 

1 Jesse Homer '° Peterson, born July 23, 1896, 

63 Chetwynde^ Elwell married at Buckingham, 111. 
June 23, 1897, Elisabeth Bell, born at Sullivan, 111. May 8, 

1880. 

64 Wilbur Edward' Barnard married Sept. 2, 1889, 
Minnie Dyer Bond, born at Florence, Sept. 2, 1862. 

65 Susan Ella' Parsons married Oct. 10, 1888, Ed- 
ward Hooker Montague, born at W. Mar. 20, 1861. She 
is a graduate of Westfield normal school, 1879. 

66 Mahlon Kingsley' Parsons married Oct 19, 
1887, Nettie Field Johnston of Chester, Ohio, born May 
29,1865. Their children: 

1 Henry Moore '° Parsons 2d, born Apr, 18, 1892. 

2 Elcie Rust'° Parsons, born Mar. 5, 1897. 



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67 Edna Hall' Parsons married June i6, 1897, Loren- 
zo Ripley Knox of Florence, born at Oakham, July 24, 1843. 

68 Nelly Howard' Kingsley married May 10, 1887, 
Edwin Bissell Clapp, born at W. May 17, 1864. Children: 

1 Raymond Kingsley '° Clapp, born Nov. 4, 1889. 

2 Roger Wright ^° Clapp, born Apr. 1, 1893. 

69 DwiGHT Hinckley' Kingsley married (i) June 
15, 1887, Hattie Dwight Powers, born Oct. 16, 1863, and 
died July 13, 1891 ; (2) Dec. 13, 1892, Florence Evelyn 
Sheldon, born July 18, 187 1. His children: 

1 Harry Joseph '° Kingsley, born July 22, 1889. 

2 Florence Elmina'° Kingsley, born Dec. 15, 1893. 

3 Burton Abner'° Kingsley, born Jan. 25, 1895. 

4 Alfred Eugene '° Kingsley, born Sept. 11, 1901. 

70 Arthur Zenas' Kingsley married Jan. n, 1899, 
Lillian Dora Dickinson, born Nov. 30, 1878. Their child: 

1 Joseph Hinckley '° Kingsley 2d, born Apr. 13, 1902. 

71 Lillian Kate' Elwell married at Springfield, 
Nov. 7, 1900, Harry Bernard Johnson of Westboro, bom 
at Canard, N. S. Feb. 19, 1872. Her child: 

I Myron Robert '° Johnson, born Feb. 28, 1902. 

72 Edmund Wallace' Elwell married May 16, 



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I90I, Lucia Maude Whitcomb, born at Lancaster, N. H. 
May i6, 1876. She is a graduate of Northampton high 
school, 1896. 

73 Clinton Clark' Elwell married at Springfield, 
Apr. 8, 1893, Susan Augusta Burt, born at W. Apr. 20, 
187 1. Their child: 

1 Roy Clinton ^° Elwell, born Nov. 13, 1893. 

74 Frederick Theodore ' Elwell married at Wake- 
field, R. L Jan. 18, 1901, Mary Helena Northrup, born at 
So. Kingston, R. L Apr. 2, 1878. Their child: 

1 Anna Jessamine'" Elwell, born Dec. 18, 1901. 

75 Edith Elmwood' Webster married Arthur Fenn. 
They have one child. 

76 Gertrude Alice' Strong married Jan. i, 1891, 
Frank Edgar Melendy of Springfield, born at So. Deer- 
field, Apr. 3, 1866. She died Apr. 13, 1897. Her child: 

1 Ronald Angus '° Melendy, born Aug. 5, 1894; died May 
23, 1899. 

77 Edson Winthrop' Strong married Mar. 30, 1898, 
Hattie Maria Bardwell of Whately, born Apr. 29, 1873. 
Their child: 

1 Ralph Bardwell '° Strong, born Feb. 19, 1901. 



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78 Eugene Searle^ Strong married Dec. ii, 1901, 
^Anna Lillian Knight, born at Pelham, June 6, 1882. 

79 Minnie Maria ' Strong married March 4, 1890, 
Hiram Samuel Roach, born at Mexico, Maine, Nov. 20, 
1867. Her children: 

1 Elmer Starling *° Roach, born Aug. 24, 1891. 

2 Lucy Marion '° Roach, born Apr. 12, 1894. 

3 Vera Louise '° Roach, born March 23, 1898. 

80 Effie Josephine' Strong married May 22, 1901, 
George Benjamin Cook of Easthampton, b. Jan, 25, 1870. 

81 Lena May' Draper married June 15, 1898, Wil- 
bur Oscar Tobie of Bloomfield, Ct. born May 4, 1876. 

82 Winfield Miller' Cleaveland married at Jack- 
son, Ohio, Aug. I, 1 90 1, Frances Long. 

83 Arthur Waldo' Cleaveland married Feb. 2, 
1898, Margaret Mary McDill of College Corner, Ohio, 
born May 11, 1876. Their child: 

1 Dean McDill" Cleaveland, born Oct. 8, 1899. 

84 Hattie Lucele' Cleaveland at College Corner, 
Ohio, Feb. 14, 1901, married Charles Herbert Thompson 
of Richmond, Ind. 



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85 Carrie Augusta ^ Perry married at Walpole, N. 
H. Sept. 6, 1883, Warren Winslow Porter, born at Alstead, 
N. H. Sept. 27, i860. Her children: 

1 Rena Carrie ^° Porter, born Apr. 1, 1886. 

2 Margaret Perry ^° Porter, born Jan. 30, 1901. 

86 Fred Jerome ' Perry married at Bellows Falls, 
Vt. Oct. 10, 1900, Anna Bell Williams. 



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